Card-index cabinet.



F. S. LONG.

CARD INDEX CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 1916- Patented June 26, 1917;

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FREDERICK STANLEY LONG, OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

CARD-INDEX CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917..

Application filed September 11, 1916. Serial No. 119,523.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK STANLEY LONG, of the city of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Index Cabinets, of which the following is the full description.

This invention relates to improvements in card index cabinets and the objects of the invention are to facilitate in bringing to the notice of the user the several appointments and the time when such appointments are due, to permit of a calendar or diary pad being mounted in the cabinet in a manner convenient for refilling or replacing when such is found necessary or desirable, to simplify the construction of the cabinet and generally to adapt it to better perform the functions required of it. Vith the above objects in view the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particu larly described and set forth in the follow ing specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the card supporting member.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cabinet divided into compartments 10 and 11 by a partition 12. The compartment 10 is adapted to contain any suitable convenient card index arranged with suitably divided cards. The compartment 11 contains a card supporting element B, adapted to support the index cards 13 in spaced and stepped relation. This member in the embodiment illustrated includes side plates 14 and 15, each formed with a series of slots 16, arranged in stepped relation and into which the index cards 13 are adapted to he slipped. The portions of the tops of the plates between the slots 16 form fingers 17, which are connected by cross bars 18, which cross bars are for the purpose of causing the cards to more readily slip into the slots, and may be circular in cross section.

To give additional support to the bottom of plates 14 and 15 cross bars 20 are provided connecting the plates and extending outwardly on the sides thereof to abut or engage the side walls of the cabinet.

represents the cover for the cabinet,

hinged to the front side thereof and designed to swing downwardly to form a tray in which a scratch pad 19, may be conven iently supported.

he dimensions of the supporting member B are such that it will fit snugly into the compartment 11 as shown. The cards are only designed to be held therein temporarily, and it will be seen that when there in, by reason of their stepped and spaced relation the upper portion of each card will be exposed to view, and the various appointments, etc., may be quickly observed.

It may be noted that no springs are relied upon to maintain the index cards in the holder B. They rest in the holder by gravity and may be readily removed therefrom.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed, without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A card index cabinet comprising two compartments, a supporting member in one compartment adapted to maintain the cards in spaced and stepped relation, including spaced non-resilient fingers between which the cards are adapted to lie.

2. In a card index cabinet a supporting member comprising plates formed with stepped and spaced slots and means between the slots for connecting the plates.

3. For use in a card index cabinet, a card supporting member comprising two plates vormed with spaced fingers, and cross bars connecting the fingers of the two plates.

4. For use in a card index cabinet, a card supporting member comprising two plates formed with spaced fingers and cross bars connecting the fingers of the two plates, said cross bars being circular in cross section.

In witness whereof hand.

FREDERICK STANLEY LONG.

I have hereunto set my Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

